Governor calls for research bases activities in Bannu University

Governor Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Iqbal Zafar Jhagra has stressed the need for research based activities in the educational institutions.

Presiding over the Senate meeting of University of Science and Technology Bannu in Peshawar on Tuesday, he said the government is taking concrete steps for promotion of quality education in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and FATA.

On this occasion, a committee was constituted to review the statutes and all other matters of the university which will present its report within stipulated time.

Pakistani columnist Farman Nawaz, who previously ran an Urdu Weekly Jirga Bannu, is the editor of The Bannu Times. Nawaz also runs an online newspaper Khyber Pakhtunkhwa News and KAS Research Journal. Nawaz has written English articles for Global Times China , Daily Outlook Afghanistan and several leading English newspapers of Pakistan. He had also worked as a blogger for Express News TV Network website.